Residents of the Paradise informal settlement in Keetmanshoop are questioning the municipality's long-standing promise to provide electricity as they continue to struggle with basic needs.

Residents of the ||Kharas Region have called for preferential employment opportunities at the National Neckartal Irrigation Project.

They made the call during a recent community engagement with government-appointed project consultants, Dunamis Consulting Engineers, in Keetmanshoop.

||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze has raised concerns over the mushrooming of unaccredited institutions. 

He made these remarks at the one-day Namibia National Qualifications Authority (NQA) information session held in Keetmanshoop on Thursday. 

The Keetmanshoop Town Council has suspended acting CEO Deseree Boois, who holds the Financial Strategic Executive position, with full salary pending an investigation into alleged financial irregularities.

Council resolved Boois’s suspension at a meeting on Tuesday.

The much-awaited second phase of the Neckartal Dam 19-thousand-hectare irrigation project is gaining momentum, with the project viability assessment currently underway.

The residents of Keetmanshoop have welcomed the cold and rainy weather conditions experienced at the southern town, appreciating the much-needed rain as a blessing.

Reporter Luqman Cloete took to the streets to hear from the residents how they experienced the cold weather.

Former Keetmanshoop mayor Melody Swartbooi has set the record straight on her removal as LPM council representative by the party, denying any wrongdoing that may have triggered the move.

The ||Kharas Region has underspent its routine road maintenance budget of N$29,6 million funded by the Road Fund Administration by 60%.
 
The Governor of ||Kharas, Dawid Gertze, revealed this during his State of Region Address held on Monday in Keetmanshoop.
 

The Suiderlig Secondary School's hostel in Keetmanshoop has received three solar geysers courtesy of NAMDEB. 

The Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy Gaudentia Khrone commended the company's continued commitment to corporate social responsibility.

Residents of Keetmanshoop have questioned the legality of the Landless People's Movement's decision to withdraw former Mayor Melody Swartbooi as its representative on the Keetmanshoop Town Council.

The withdrawal resulted in Swartbooi losing her mayor position.